Sahyadria denisonii is among the world’s most popular aquarium fishes. © Hristo Hristov
The iconic red-line torpedo barb and a related species are moved from the paraphyletic grouping Puntius to new genus Sahyadria in today’s issue of the Journal of Threatened Taxa. Continue reading »
Category: Blogs, Ichthyology | Tags: aquarium, denisonii, fishkeeping, Journal of Threatened Taxa, Puntius, Sahyadria | 2 comments »
Considering that freshwater habitats contain just 0.3 % of global water resources they are home to a surprising diversity of species with around 15,000 described to date, a figure which represents almost half of all known fish taxa and approximately 25 % of all vertebrates.
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© Nora Brede
The snakehead that has been known to aquarium hobbyists as Channa sp. ‘Assam’, C. sp. ‘Lal Cheng’ or C. sp. ‘blue bleheri’ for a number of years is named C. andrao in the journal ‘Zootaxa’ this week. Continue reading »
Category: New Species, News, Uncategorized | Tags: blue bleheri, Channa, Lal Cheng, Ralf Britz, snakehead, Zootaxa | 2 comments »
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